Love is in the Air
It's time to band together to save a quaint Vermont bed and breakfast (and to sing a lot while doing it) in this 1954 holiday staple.
What is White Christmas?
In Miracle on 34th St, no one believes this character is who he says he is.
Who is Kris Kringle? (Santa Claus is also acceptable)
This family-friendly entry features the incarceration of Santa Claus and a character who can open his skull and scratch his brain.
What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?
This holiday favorite contains the only quote in this list that isn't actually spoken by one of the film's characters: "Keep the change, you filthy animals."
What is Home Alone?
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, The Santa Incident, The Santa Suit.
What is I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus?
The prime minister of Great Britain develops a completely inappropriate relationship with an employee in this romantic holiday classic from 2003.
What is Love, Actually?
This character wants a Red Ryder BB Gun for Christmas more than anything else in this fixture of Holiday cable TV.
Who is Ralphie (A Christmas Story)?
Joe Dante directed this schlocky 1984 Amblin film in which late night snacking is a no-no.
What is Gremlins?
Spoken by a child who's pretty Angelic herself, this movie contains the indelible line "Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings."
What is It's a Wonderful Life?
Gingerbread Miracle; Sugar Plum Twist; Cookies, Milk, and Love.
What is Cookies, Milk, and Love?
In this 2020 film, Abby is excited to meet her girlfriend Harper's family for the first time (and possibly propose), only to find out that Harper hasn't yet come out to her family.
What is The Happiest Season?
This character (who's getting too old for police shenanigans) invites his partner to Christmas dinner by saying, "If you think I'm going to eat the world's lousiest Christmas turkey by myself, you're crazy!"
Who is Roger Murtaugh (Lethal Weapon).
This Canadian slasher from 1974 features a group of sorority girls being stalked over Christmas break by a sadistic killer.
What is Black Christmas?
While crawling through an air duct, the burly protagonist of this film quips, "Now I know what a TV dinner feels like."
What is Die Hard?
Mistletoe over Manhattan, A Cleveland Christmas, Christmas at Dollywood.
What is A Cleveland Christmas?
This deeply problematic 2009 vehicle for Matthew McConaughey is a remix of A Christmas Carol in which the protagonist is haunted by his ex-girlfriends (well alright, alright, alright).
What is Ghosts of Girlfriends Past?
This Danny Devito villain chomps another character's nose in a non-traditional holiday movie from 1992.
Who is The Penguin? (Oswald Cobblepot is also acceptable)
Santa's shadowy, German doppelganger makes a terrifying appearance in this 2015 screamer.
What is Krampus?
This famous sequel features the observation that a Jelly-of-the-month Club membership is "the gift that keeps on giving the whole year."
What is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation?
The Case Against Christmas, The Twelve Days of Lawsuits, Cancel Christmas.
What is The Twelve Days of Lawsuits?
This 1940 movie, which inspired 1998's You've Got Mail tells the story of a Budapest leather merchant (played by Jimmy Stewart) who pines for his secret penpal at Christmastime.
What is The Shop Around the Corner?
The actor who voiced this iconic character also provided the voice of Tony the Tiger in Frosted Flakes commercials for several decades.
Who is the Grinch (How the Grinch Stole Christmas).
This unimaginative holiday slasher includes a killer department store Santa and spawned 4 sequels, as well as a remake.
What is Silent Night, Deadly Night?
In this movie, our hero confronts a mall Santa with the following line: "You stink! You smell like beef and cheese; you don't smell like Santa!"
What is Elf?
The Last Candy Cane, Magic Stockings, Angels and Ornaments.
What is The Last Candy Cane?